THE INVENTION OF SOUND: A Novel
by PALAHNIUK, Chuck
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1538718006
- ISBN 13
- 9781538718001
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Grand Central Publishing/Hachette, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Tree Abraham Jacket Art. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Grand Central Publishing hardcover (pink & yellow boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. The title and Author's name are embossed on DJ front panel. No illustrations. CONTENT: A father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold. Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth. Meanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an industry-leading expert in the sound of violence and horror, creating screams so bone-chilling, they may as well be real. Soon Foster and Ives find themselves on a collision course that threatens to expose the violence hidden beneath Hollywood's glamorous façade. A grim and disturbing reflection on the commodification of suffering and the dangerous power of art, The Invention of Sound is Chuck Palahniuk at the peak of his literary powers -- his most suspenseful, most daring, and most genre-defying work yet. "This dark, humorous tale sparkles with the inventive details -- including a scream powerful enough to crumble buildings -- and provocative insights on the 'commodification of pain' and what it means to turn 'people's basic humanity into something that could be bought and sold.' The result is a wry, devilish delight.
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- Bookseller
- pacaritambo books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003615
- Title
- THE INVENTION OF SOUND: A Novel
- Author
- PALAHNIUK, Chuck
- Illustrator
- Tree Abraham Jacket Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1538718006
- ISBN 13
- 9781538718001
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing/Hachette
- Date Published
- 2020
- Keywords
- Occult Fiction, Fight Club, Literary Fiction, Missing Persons, Thrillers, fiction, Hollywood life, Special effects,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Adult Fairy Tales; Fiction: Mystery; Fiction: Humor; Fiction; Hollywood; Just Plain Strange;
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